Language Arts

This year in our language arts lessons we are reading a book called 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. 

The book is about...........

My favourite character is .................. because.............

I (enjoyed it / didn't enjoy it) because............................

Here is the trailer for the movie version of this book.

Istanbul

I live in Istanbul, Turkey. 
Istanbul is not the capital city of Turkey, but it is the largest city, with a population of around 14 million.

Istanbul straddles two continents.  It's commercial and historical centre is in Europe while a third of it’s population live in Asia.